Seminar: Doha Based Arbitrations and Qatari Law Governed Disputes; Opportunities and Challenges

Founding Partner & Head of International Arbitration, Construction and Energy, Zulficar & Partners, Egypt; Professor of International Arbitration, Private International Law and English Contract Law, Cairo University; ICCA Member of the Governing Board; Chair of the ICC Governing Body for Dispute Resolution Services; President Elect of the Ciarb (2025); Dean of the Africa Arbitration Academy; Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law; Member of the Advisory Board of the MIAC; Member of the LACIAC Court of Arbitration; Member of the ITA Academic Council; and Member of the Court, PCA. He is also Member of the International Commercial Expert Committee, China International Commercial Court; fellow of the National Centre for Technology and Dispute Resolution at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA; Member of Inclusive Global Legal Innovation Platform on Online Dispute Resolution (iGLIP on ODR); and associate fellow of the Centre for Private International Law and Centre for Commercial Law at Aberdeen University (UK). He was also Chair of the Expert Advisory Committee of the Permanent Forum of China Construction Law (PFCCL) (2020- 2023);  Vice-President of the ICC International Court of arbitration (2015 – 2021); Co-Chair, IBA Arab Regional Forum. (2020 – 2023); Member of the Court, LCIA (2014-2019); Member of the Governing Board, International Council on Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR) – (2017 – 2021); Vice Chair, IBA Arbitration Committee (2015 – 2018).

He served as ‘Arbitrator’, ‘Legal Expert’ and ‘Counsel’ in more than 260 cases, involving parties from the Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, the Middle East the United States and Latin America, and is recognized as a world-leading arbitrator and arbitration practitioner in international investment and international commercial arbitration, construction law & practice, Energy law and infrastructure disputes, African and Arab Laws, Islamic Shari’a, private international law and online dispute resolution. His expertise in cross border multi-jurisdictional and highly complex transactions and disputes is extensive and broad. He was shortlisted among the top five arbitrators for the GAR award for the best prepared and responsive arbitrator (2021), and is regularly ranked by Who’s Who Legal, Chambers, The Legal 500, Client Choice Awards as a world leading international arbitration thought leader, counsel and arbitrator.

He received the Law Magazine 2023 Regional Lawyer of the Year, the LAW Magazine 2022 Most Influential Legal Academic Award, the 2021 and 2020 Client Choice International Award, the 2019 AYA Hall-of-Fame African Arbitrator Award, the 2018 ASA International Arbitration Advocacy Prize, and the LAW Magazine 2017 Best Legal Practitioner Award. He is listed in Who’s Who Global Elite Thought Leaders: International Arbitration; selected among the Legal500 Africa Powerlist and the AYA’s Africa’s Top 30 Powerlist. He is the co-editor (with Prof Maxi Scherer and Ms. Niuscha Bassiri) of the first ever book on COVID-19 and international arbitration under the title “International Arbitration and the COVID-19 Revolution” (2020). He is also the co-editor (with Prof Ethan Katsh and Mr. Daniel Rainey) of “Online Dispute Resolution: Theory and Practice” (2011 and 2021). He is the author of the Abdel Wahab Pandemic Pathway to Virtual/Remote Hearings (2020); Co-author (with Dr. Kabir Duggal) of the first book dedicated to comparing the OIC and UAIA Treaties under the title “The Resurgence of the Unified Arab Investment Agreement and the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation Investment Agreement” Brill (2022).

WWL: Construction (2024) says: “Mohamed is one of the best”, “He is a thought leader and one of the leading figures in the market” and “He is a clear, focused and fair construction arbitrator”. WWL: Arbitration & Global Elite Thought Leaders (2023) says “‘He is an amazing practitioner and one of the hardest working people’ ‘His sharp mind never ceases to amaze’ ‘He is one of a kind!’”. Chambers and Partners (2023)-Africa-wide says: “Mohamed Abdel Wahab is a leading arbitrator and arbitration counsel based in Cairo. He is very highly respected for his international commercial and investment treaty practice. As an arbitrator, he frequently presides over disputes concerning construction, energy and infrastructure issues”; “Mohamed Abdel Wahab is someone who is very brilliant and technically capable. He is very smart on the law, but also emotionally intelligent as well”. Chambers and Partners (2023)-Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators says: “Mohamed Abdel Wahab is one of the best-known arbitration lawyers and his practice combines expert witness and arbitrator appointments with regular roles as counsel on significant and high-profile cases, and he receives especially high praise for his expertise in oil and gas and construction disputes”. Legal 500 (2023) – Dispute Resolution: Arbitration says: “Mohamed Abdel Wahab – very prepared arbitrator; deep experience in international arbitration; very thoughtful in his comments; collegial; engaged; insightful and sharp questions”,  “Mohamed Abdel Wahab: Highly respected, very experienced arbitrator, exhibiting highest standard of integrity and ethics”‘ and “Mohamed Abdel Wahab is a very highly regarded professional and a leading international arbitrator. He has the quality of being knowledgeable in several system of laws: common law, civil law and sharia law”. Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration (2020) says Mohamed Abdel Wahab “is at the top of the market” and “a very well-prepared, exceptional arbitrator.” Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration (2019) says Mohamed Abdel Wahab is “a leader in the space.” Who’s Who Legal Construction (2019) says Mohamed Abdel Wahab is highlighted as “a leading heavyweight construction law specialist whose analytical skills are second to none.” Chambers & Partners Global (2019) states that “Mohamed Abdel Wahab is consistently described by clients as a ‘superstar in arbitration’.” The Legal 500 (2019) calls Mohamed Abdel Wahab “an arbitration expert with a global reputation”, who is “one of the best in the world.”